Portable garment-hanger.



302,245. I PATENTED OCTn 17, 1905.,

A. M. TAYLOR. PORTABLE GARMENT HANGER.

APPLIGATION FILED 1 1113.17, 1905.

M 3 M N W A TTORWE 5 ANDREWV MYER TAYLOR, PORT El/VEN, NEW YORK.

PORTABLE GARMENT-HANGER.

Specification of Letters IE'atent.

Patented Oct. 1 7, 1905.

Application filed February 17, 1905. Serial No, 246,080.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW MYER TAY- Lon, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Port Ewen, in the county of Ulster and Stateof New York, have invented a new and improved Portable Garmentdianger,of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved portablegarment-hanger which is simple and durable in construction, cheap tomanufacture, readily set up for use and easily folded for convenientstoring in a traveling-bag, valise, and the like, and arranged toconveniently support a number of articles, such as a coat, vest,overcoat, trousers, and hat.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, as will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointedout in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in bothviews.

Figure 1. is a perspective view of the improvement set up ready for use,and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the upper portion of the improvementas suspended from the top of a door.

The improved portable garment-hanger is preferably made of wire, onepiece of which is formed into a back A, on the upper end of which. ispivoted at B a supporting-rod B, provided at one end with a ring B topermit of conveniently hanging the portable garment-hanger onto a nailor other similar support, the said rod. B in this case being fastened tothe back A by a ring C engaging the rear end B of the rod B, as plainlyindicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. When the rod B is in this position,it practicallyforms an extension of the upper end of the back A, butwhen a nail or similar support is not available then the rod B is swunginto an. angular position. relative to the back A, as plainly shown inFigs. 1 and 2, so that the rear end B of the rod can be engaged with thetop of a door 1) or similar support to suspend the garment-hanger fromthe said door. It is understood that the rod B can swing from a verticalposition into this angular position; but further swinging motion of therod is prevented by a suitable stop B between the rod and the back A.

The back A is provided between its ends with eyes A and A located oneabove the other and on which are fulcrumed supporting-bars E and F, eachprovided at its outer end with loops to form a wide support for thegarment to be supported..- A distance below the lowermost eye A isarranged a forwardlyextending coat hook G for supporting a heavygarment, such as an overcoat, while a coat is preferably hung on thesupportingbar E and a vest on the supporting-bar F.

The lower end of the back A terminates in a small hook A", adapted to beengaged by the eye H of a trousers-support H of any ap provedconstruction, the said trousers-support being arranged to clamp thetrousers in position, so that the trousers hang naturally down from thesaid support to avoid folding and consequent creasing of the trousers.

When the device is not in use, the supports E and F can be readily swungon the eyes A and A into alinement with. the back A, so as to take upvery little room, and the trouserssupport H when the device is not to beused is disengaged from the small hook A and placed lengthwise on theback A, so that the entire garment-hanger takes up very little room topermit its convenient storing in a small satchel, valise, or the like.

When the rod B is suspended from the door D as described, the front orlooped portion B of the said rod can be used as a support for a hat orlike article.

The trousers-support H is preferably made of a single piece of wire bentto form the longitudinal members H H H, of which the middle or clampingmember H is mounted to turn on the connecting end member H as a pivot,the said end member H connecting the top and bottom members H and H"with. each other at one end. The free end of the clamping member H isadapted to engage a spring-clamp ll, formed by the other connectingmember for the top and bottom. members H H". By the arrangementdescribed the clamping member H can be readily opened to permit ofplacing the waistband of the trousers in position and between themembers H? H. l/Vhen this is done, the

clamping member H is closed tohold the garment in place.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the device is very simple anddurable in construction, can be cheaply manufactured of single pieces ofwire united in the manner described, and the device can be quickly setup and suspended from a suitable support in a room as described.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A portable garment-hanger comprising a backprovided between its ends with eyes, a small hook at the lower end ofthe back, a

coat-hook integral with the back, above the small hook, and asupporting-rod pivoted at the upper end of the back, the supportingrodbeing adapted to suspend the hanger from a fixed support and to supporta hat or like article.

2. A portable garment-hanger comprising a back provided between its endswith eyes, a small hook at the lower end of the back, a coat-hookintegral with the back, above the small hook, a supporting-rod pivotedat the upper end of the back, the supporting-rod being adapted tosuspend the hanger from a fixed support and to support a hat or likearticle, and supporting-bars hung at their middles in the said eyes, tostand at right angles to the back or fold lengthwise thereof.

3. A portable garment-hanger comprising a back provided between its endswith eyes, a small hook at the lower end of the back, a coathookintegral with the back, above the small hook, a supporting-rod pivotedat the upper end of the back, the supporting-rod being adapted tosuspend the hanger from a fixed support and to support a hat or likearticle, supporting-bars hung at their middles in the said eyes, tostand at right angles to the back or fold lengthwise thereof, and atrousers-support adapted to be hung at its middle to the said smallhook.

4. A portable garment-hanger provided with a back, garment suppor-tingdevices hung on the said back, one above the other, a coat-hook on thesaid back, below the said devices, and a supporting-rod fulcrumed on theupper end of the back and adapted to swing at an angle thereto, tosuspend the garmenthanger from a fixed support and to support an articleof wearing-apparel.

5. A portable garment-hanger provided with a back, garment-supportingdevices hung on the said back, one above the other, a coat-hook on thesaid back, below the said devices, a supporting-rod fulcrunied on theupper end of the back and adapted to swing at an angle thereto, tosuspend the garmenthanger from a fixed support and to support an articleof wearing-apparel, and means for locking the supporting-rod in positionon the said back.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANDREW MYER TAYLOR.

l/Vitnesses:

CoRNELrA B. TAYLOR, CORNELIA D. BLOOMER.

